For the source:

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Font type and size for titles:  Gotham book, 20pt (25pt on cover)

Font type and size for texts:  Gotham light, 10pt (13pt on cover)

Font type and size for legends of figures, tables and  graphics:  Gotham - light, 7pt  (being according to the example -  Figure x :description)

Font type and size for footnotes:  Gotham - light, 7pt

Font type and size for page numbering:  Gotham - light, 10pt

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For content:

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Each publication must contain at least the following information:

On the cover:  Scientific name (written  with emphasis -underlined, bold or italics- and in Latin,  must be binomial, being the first to identify the genus and the second to name the species, the  genus must always be written with the initial capital letter, and the species in lower case.  scientific works, after the name you must put the name of the author who described it); followed by  gives  Botanical family , in parentheses;  year; month;  edition and volume of publication.

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Immediately after the cover, the information must be arranged in the following order:

Common name  (Brazil and Argentina)

Distribution:

•              countries

•              States in Brazil

•              ecosystems

Threat level:

•              IUCN List

•              national list

•              state lists

Morphological features:

•              Habit

•              Leaves

•              Flowers

•              fruits

•              shaft

•              Cup

•              leaf senescence

•              organoleptic characteristics

•              Other features

Phenology:

•              Flowering

•              fruiting

Ecology:

•              Dispersal

•              Habitats

•              pollination type

•              ecological group

Utility:

Characteristics of seeds and seedlings:

•              seed type

•              Size

•              seeds per kg

•              seedling type

Recommendations for the cultivation of the species:

•              Fruit collection method

•              Fruit processing

•              germination

•              Seed storage

•              Pre-germination treatments

•              Seeding and pricking out

•              Substrate for nursery cultivation

•              light conditions

•              Specific care

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For References:

They follow the same standards as ABNT(  Brazilian Association of Technical Standards)

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BOOKS

For books with only one author: LAST NAME, Abbreviated Name. Title: subtitle (if any). Edition (if any). Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication of the work.

For books with up to three  authors: same  procedure than the previous one, however, the names of the 3 authors are written separated by a semicolon followed by a space.

For books with more than three authors:  only the first author is written and the Latin expression et.al is added.

SITES:

AUTHOR'S SURNAME  – author name –  article title  – Year – link – access date (before the date, the expression  access at :). the author's name  can be omitted.

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MAGAZINE ARTICLE:

AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE. Article title. Title of the Journal, abbreviated or not.  Place of Publication, Volume Number, Issue Number, Start-Final Pages, Month and Year.

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THESES, DISSERTATIONS AND COURSE COMPLETION WORKS:

AUTHOR, Abbreviated name. Title (italics). Presentation Year. Number of Sheets. Category – Institution, Location, year.

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Between others.

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